Covers Print ' oe

..Edward

Island Like the Dew

14 PAGES p

U.S.- M0

Britain; France Ponder Aciion

LONDON (CP) -- Britain and France vehemently vs ested Egypt Friday against nationaliza- tion of the Suez Canal Company and held urgent talks with the United States on the vital water- way's future. .

Late Friday. Prime Minister Eden conferred with U.S. Charge d'Affairesi Andrew Forster and French Ambassador Jean Chau- vel. He first discussed the canal issue with the two envoys at an emergency midnight conference Thursday night, shortly after the Egyptian move was announced.

The prime minister Friday night also summoned Commonwealth high commissioners to 10 Down- ing Street for consultations on the Suez situation.

The Eden government was re- ported under strong pressure from such Commonwealth countries as Australia. New Zesiand and South Africa to challenge Egypt's ac- tion. which they feared threatened their sea lanes.

PIOTEBT T0 CAIRO .5

Britain earlier forwarded a to - mal protest to Cairo declaring the nationalization "constitutes a ser- ious threat to the freedom of nav- igation on a waterway of interna- tional importance."

The note added: "The respon- sibility for the consequences must rest entirely upon the Egyptian government."

Freedom of navigation in the canal in war and peace is pledged in the International Sues Canal Convention of ms. The Sues Canal Company. owned mainly French and British interests. had

operated the canal under a eon- do

cesslon valid until 1968.

Egypt did.not sign the 1888 con- vention but agreed to uphold its terms in the 1954 Anglo-Egyptian agreement which provided for the withdrawal of British troops from the canal.

OIL SHARE TUMBLE

oil shares tumbled in both Paris and London. British oils were trimmed 160 million dollars. Government bonds declined too.

Euesvflanal cline of 21 per cent in the Paris Bourse. The frsne declined in re-

-shares showed a -de- the

The Sues Canal Company or-

to dered all banks handling its funds A u to ignore the instructions of Nas- E

III.

Labor members of Parliament pressed Eden in the House of Commons to retaliate against Egypt by bannin arms sales and withholding ster g funds.

Eden was also urged to take the issue to the United Nations Secur- ity Council and to exercise Brit- ain's right under the Suez con- vention to place two warships at each end of the canal.

Eden told the ar5uscd House that Britain was consulting "the other governments 'mmediately concerned with regard to the ser- ious situation."

COULD BLOCK CREDITS

One measure Brltain could take would be to block Egypt's sterling credits worth more than (6100,- 000.000 (S280,000,000l. Britain has been making annual repayments of this debt built up by British purchases in Egypt during the Second World War.

French Foreign Minister Christ- ian Pineau will discuss a joint program with Britain when he ar- rives here Monday.

In Paris, Pineau called in the Egyptian ambassador Friday and lodged a strong protest.

Asked whether France would take the Suez issue to the UN, Pineau told reporters: "That is a very slow procedure. The action envisaged will be much more rapl ."

by FAVOR UN DEBATE

An authoritative source in Don- a said. however, that Britain would favor a UN Security Coun- cil debate.

Egypt's unilateral action served as a sharp retort to the United States and Britain for abandon- ing proposed financial aid to build the Aswan dam on the upper Nile.

Naaser'a action already has won praise from other Arab nations and fanned anti - Western senti- ment in the Middle East.

Lord Hore-Bellsha. a Conservat- ive party . proposed Friday

t" or --'eaIeir-tr the- Suez coiildbe built through Israel to link the.Red Sea with the

lotion to gold.

Mediterranean.

CHARl.O'I"l'ETOWN. CANADA. SATURDAY. JULY 23 1956 .

Action Opens a In Exercise At Gageiown

CAMP GAGETOWN. N.B. (CP) on broke out Friday night along the border separating two hypothetical countries as Canadas soldiers. representing both "Blue- land" and "Fantasia", started fighting the war that will esid next Wednesday with a nuclear victory for one side.

Six Fantasian prisoners were captured early Friday behind Biueland lines as sharp-eyed a- trols. dressed to stark realism, be- gan the battle that will give the

first lesson in atomic warfare. Even the capturing of prisoners is as realistic as in wartime. and they were marched into ' com- pounds to await questioning. Action along the fighting front will increase gradually, during the weekend. The first simulated atomic explosion is expected to rock through the hills Monday. All listed "dead" will be withdrawn for a period before being returned to the front as reinforcements. Up on the front Friday, Maj.- Gen. .1. M. Rockingharn. divisional . . M. .. , . ters closer to action as senior of- ficers prepared for the first big nuclear military exercise in Can- ada.

G0 UNDERGROUND

All vehicles have been camou- flaged and "hidden. Headquarter c e n t r e s are secreted under heavy bushes or buried under- ground. Huge trenches have been dug and kit bags filled. Maj.-Gen. Rocklngham said the 10.000-man division was "100 per cent willing to undergo the experiment."

TOWN THREATENED

MALLORYTOWN. Ont (.CP) - A volunteer brigade and fire de- partments from threenelghborlng areas Thursday extinguished a blaze which at one time threa- ened to destroy this community is miles east of Brockville. The fire. which started in the three- storey Oddfeilows' hall. -leaped to e--nearby general store and pri- vate home. Professional fire fllglhters from nearby towns gave a .

PRICE INCREASE WIDELY PREDICTED

Three YearsOf Peace In U.S. Steel After Strike

' NEW YORK. (AP)--Three years of peace were agreed on today for the vital United States steel industry. The formal and of a crippling. 17-day strike will come next week.

President Eisenhower called the settlement "good news." redact-

whsre around If cents of this in week.

the first year.

The union also won a 52-week layoff pay plan and a union shop clause.

A steel price increase of from 810 to 312 on the present average of I130 a ton has been widely

tag the administration's concern predicted

in an election year over a contin- ued tieup in such a vital industry.

The pact reached by 11 major steel industries and the United steelworkarsfcalls for direct wage increases and other benefits for 830,000 workers. They will get an average direct wage boost of 10.5 cents an hour in the first year, 0.1 cents an hour more in the sec- ond yesr. and an additional 0.1 cents in the third year. an over- all total in wagn of 23.7 cents. The old average wage was 82.40 an hour

WORTH 43 CENTS

The union estimated the over- all value of the settlement at 45.0 cents an hour for the three years. with 30.8 cents allocated in the first year. The industry es- timated the three-yesr package as worth 52 to 55 seats and some-

contra t ever reached in steel.

opening provision. There is none in this one. although a review ev-

of-livi

companies and the union remain to be worked out in considerable detail. Until those contracts are signed. the David

strike cannot be ended.

days" tracts. making a return to work impossible beforp sometime next

The steel industry had sought a five-year union contract but re- duced it by stages to a three-year. no-strike term. still the longest

HI-IIONTII REVIEW

In previous years even two-year contracts had an annual wage re

ery six months provides for a cost- increaae if warranted. Indi dual contracts between the

steelworkera' president McDonald. said. the

He said it would take "several to complete those con-

Egypi imposes Military Law

On Canal Zone,

CAIRO (AP)-Egypt announced

Friday military law his been hn- :50" Nwmlktnz posed on the sues canal sane and

the minister of eornsnsssg ds- 5".';'"'.;,.,"” ”'''"7.:.'':,,''”"fl.':,.I3 91001 II! IQCI IHIIII or other interested nations to test from of the of Egypt's action. The fla.i;al will be settled only II Item intrrnrtionel Court of Justice Ms

some passengers said waxed in intensity as the drame nouncesnent and that was to the boat drill or had so little I The zone was made a military Through the the is. first llfeboats took off mainly uc rescue task came to a close. crew in Italian. calling on them that they were virtual 5 M M.” N a President 7': arlty an members. President Eisenhower said Fri- to assemble." a H mm l;beyr-t.e.e;nv:rIl6If1i:Ihme;ogI a user I is recently. i th sssengers stron the vast rescue procedures. ifton and e I or Ii Om 9 nationalisation of the - lllh :ftar'lTh . been eornriinesidedrtbg crew's helpfulngz IdI.Vy0lViI'lI the prompt response of pi-Fined the calmness ofytbe paa- the little cuff tooled II the its fanvid .auppoi'f ''g: ":23, 'm.bo. ,...l . military and merchant ships. were sengers in th hours with no headway and the tortilla i"i'm...." ;;';,'g.3;,:::t2,';”'.,,t",.:," lI!uI'yfleefcnllidedwfthtbel!.- wonldtnrnoversllbr Jonas. and c , ,5" gun I, " "To all those. of whatever na- no-ton liner Stockholm off the one it exrld get away. several hundred "'" ' mg .5... '5'. ".,'"'...3: an-many penetrates the densest llonality. who participated in the Massachusetts coast Wednesday when ey finally located -the gvpsrkfn bode flv "Luise-if he reporters aahsd him for lfsllosphere to detect other ships nscue operations I extend per night. The Andrea Doria sank ll conspsible oerloch. the Itsllanl mig .:.-g .Q .31." that about the matter he declined - And at least on tbs Stockholm, aonal consrafulltioiil lad admin hours later. began to row-two on one dds 3. gags mg in to dsbarale os advice of eompaay Q uni working he added. The two Torontonians arrived and one us the other. anoiltltbiald K Iasidesihatscrewmemberol Theli. -fnsAodrea Dtl'ia.hes-efridayaboarddlestockholm Debllyefllldheldlihibvfll no extgt of cum ndreaDs's-iasaidhssawhissne of e newest, most deluxe the last reacuevassel to reach atla.m.aboai-dtbetestllfeboat 9.. g,,g- ,1: aaafhe lath largest paueagarportAisoebossdthaswedishves-saitfrnnthesiockbohnjlesaid R W the motors so the Dana's .59.; failed to work.

Cairo Says

Commerce Minister M”

sink and two full size beds for his

wife and himself and his dangli-

firs. Jpyce. 8. Carol. s, and Judy ae. .

night into a full slae bed for sons Robert. I0. and Bonnie, 7.

once the men abandon their picket lines. industry sources es- timate it still will require from three to 10 days to get steel pour- lng out in anything approaching full volume.

Family Leaves For

-Alaska In Bus

COVENTRY. R1. (AP) - Mr.

and Mrs. Edward Lucier Jr., their five children and s collie dog Fri- day were en route from Coventry to Fairbanks, Alaska. in a con- verted 81-passenger school bus.

The Luclers left Thursday on the

first leg of the 4.500-mile jaunt. which they estimate will take them about a month.

Lucier decided to try his luck

as a bush pilot in the north after the family was burned out of its home last year. He recently quit his Job as a lace weaver for the change of home sites.

lst Canadian Infantry Division its

A magnificent gift of 825.000 to the Prince Edward Island Hosplb al.campaign was received yester- day by Mayor J. David Stewart general chairmman of the cam- Palsn.

The donor was Mr. J .W. McCon- nell. retired president and s dir- ector of the Montreal Star. In correspondence with Mayor Stew- art some time ago the Montreal man said that when the cam- paign had reached the 325,000 mark he would subscribe the bal- ance of the 3250.000 minimum which is needed to provide the basic facilities for the operation of the hospital.

In referring to Mr. McConnell's donation, Mayor Stewart said, "This contribution represents one of the largest single gifts that has ever been made from any non-. ” t of the Province and is an outstanding gesture of good- will toward our people in their at- tempt to provide the basic hos- pital needs The Hospital Board is indced grateful"

Another outstanding donation of 810,000 was received within the last few days from the T Eaton Company of Canada."Thls is cer- tainly an outstanding gesture on the part of a Canadian Compa , and an indication of their willing- nua to participate in a most

Rev. Dr. Aitken

In the land of Green Gables made famous by Lucy Maude Montgomery in her book "Anne of Green Gables" the congrega- tion of Cavendish last night gath- ::d at a srasllurnral church ito our one . min a- tars. Rev. 'm m. D. pastor of First U Church, ton, Ontario. The meeting which saw the church filled to overflowing was arranged under the auspices of the Prince Edward Island Presby- tery. Hundreds of people listened to tho yl eedings over a public address system while they sat in their ears. Rev. Dr. Aitken was ordained in Cavendish Church in 1923. He

P.E.l. Presbytery Ai'Cavendish

tangible manner in this commun- ity effort."

The latest substantial contrib ution came from a Riverdale man in memory of his brother. The contribution was for the am- ount of 3500 from Archibald Ii. MacFadyen in memory of his bro ther, Charles MacFadyen. Riven dale. "We are most grateful to receive this fine donation." Mr. Stewart said.

Mayor Stewart said the Hospit- al fund had now reached the am-

that while the minimum objective aimed at was 3250.000 it will re- quire 8700.000 to make the ad- ditions necessary to provide the hospital's basic needs. "in other words we needed S250,000 before we could float bonds which would enable us to commence the work," he said.

The campaign chairman empha- sized the fact that there are still a number of cards to be turned in and he expressed the hope that these would be left at the local branch of the Royal Bank of Can- ada within the next few days.

He said it is the intention of -the campaign committee to publish a complete list of contributors to the hospital building fund as soon as the records have been brought up to date.

Mayor Stewart expressed sin- cere appreciation for the efforts

Honored By

nue Presbyterian Church in New York City. Dr. Bonnell was un- able to be present for the occas- ion but sent his greetings.

DB. BONNEUI GREETING 1 .referring to Dr. Aitkap, the - "York Minister said; "Dr. Mt- 'is worthy --of pulic recogni- bean merely limited or His words and his influence have reached every part of Canada. "He is not only an able pastor and pnacmvbut he is also a church statesman whose counsel has guided important relifious en- terprises. In a day when barbar- ous forces threaten our hardly won freedom it is assuring to have

followed Rev. J.S. Bonnell. D.D.., who is now minister at Fifth Ave-

For Period Oi M

Prince Edward Island's lobster catch from May 1 to June 30 this year shows an increase of well over a quarter million dollars over the corresponding season last year. This was reported yesterday by Mr. L.C. Johnston, federal ..director of Fisheries for the Province.

During the two month period 7,600,800 lbs. were landed with a total value to the fisherman of 32,057,793. The catch last year in the early lobster season was ll.- 6I9.500 lbs. with a value of 31,798.- 00. it is seen that the catch was up VIL100 lbs. over last year.

Mr. Johnston said the catch showed a gain in almost all areas with perhaps two exceptions. This would indicate. he pointed out. that the supply off the Island coast is not decreasing and if anything is showing a slight in-

The 31-year-old Lucier converted

the bus and equipped it with a" gas refrigerator, gas stove, table,

Record Lobster Cnich Reported

in our midst leaders of the wis- (Continued on page 2 col. 6)

ayl To June 30

crease. In regard to catching and sell- ing of short lob t . Mr. Johnston

said that in the main. there has been a great improvement in the- co-operation received from both fishermen and canners.

About one-fifth of the Island catch hasvfound its way into the American markets. About one third have been shipped to New Brunswick for processing with the balance being ,rocessed here.

The Island's second lobster sea- son will commence with the sett- ing out of gear at noon. August 9. It will run iintilthe fifth of Octo- ber. Experience in past years has shown that the Fall catch has run on a par with the early catch and if such is the case lobsters will have been responsible for over

ount of 336,991.75 but points out

His resignation is to become ef-

Ballem. Mr.

M . County. It work Mr. take up after his duties with the department are finished in the

i".-

work with the Charlottetown Y.M. C.A.

mom has to do with food. water.

I-Jinn

.w

MR. McCONNELL

them

JAPS HAVE NEW IDEAS FOR TAXES

TOKYO (Boaters) - Debt- - ridden local governments in Japanese provinces are re- ported planning to levy taxes on dogs, cows, goats. automo- biles. wells and fruit trees. The yd posed taxes range from about two cents for as apricot tree to-50 cents for a new annually.

The resignation of the provinc- ial sanitary engineer and two san- ltary inspectors was announced yesterday by Hon. M.L. Bonneil. Minister of Health for the Prov- incc. Dr. Bonnell said that all

ee. ' ee. had resigned be- cause of the salaries they- were receiving. , The sanitary engineer for the Province is Mr.,R.D. Donnelly who has been with the Department of Health for the past four years.

fective. September 1. He has ac- cepted a position with the Federal Department of Public Works. A civil engineer, Mr. Donnelly took post graduate work in sanitary engineering before coming to the Provincial Health Department.

The two sanitary inspectors are Donald Maclntyre and Charles Maclntyre worked fly in Queen's County while " " was engaged in Prince was not learned what M-aclntyrc intends to

chie r

ly part of August, but it was ned that Mr. Ballem ' f ds to

The sanitary engineering depart.

34,000,000 of the Provincial econ- omy.

A sofa will be converted each

Doubt Whether Salvage Possible

haw vomt um -. Salvage

DEIOIII WON T

6 STILL MISSING IN SINKING

- Lasi Survivors Reach Pori

NEW YORK (AP) -- Forty-six in the urgency of the massive missing sea rescue. and the dispersal of

milk and general environmental sanitation. it makes periodic in-

of the many workers who particip- ated in the campaign and were willing to co-operate when the facts were brought plainly before

Three Resignaiions in Prov. Sanitary Department

M.0.il. Plane Down in Arctic

MONTREAL (CP) - A Mari- time Cegtral Airways- DC-3 with is persons aboard madga forced landing in Baffin Island, in the eastern Arctic. Thursday. the RCAF reported here Friday. The landing was made safely on a lake sandbar and there were no casualties. air transport com- mand said. Message from Froblsher Bay. Baffin Island. indicated a civilian Canso rescue plane flew to the lake late Thursday to pick up the crew and passengers. No names were available. It was understood the twin-en- gine DC-3 was on DEW radar line service.

Case Closed In Nfid. Death

ST. JOHN'S. Nfid. (CP)-RCMP said Friday Mathelda Kelly of nearby Pouch Cove has confirmed their theories that she was beaten up late last Saturday by her for- mer fiance, who later took his own life. Inspector Eric Porter of the RCMP said Miss Kelly, recovering in hospital. verified that James Ryan had attacked her after a quarrel. Ryan later returned to his home and turned a shotgun on himself.

Miss Kelly will remain in hospi- tal another week or two. authori- ties said. She is being treated for a fractured jaw.

"As far as we're concerned

.” ' t Porter said, "the case is closed."

NOT DTSCOURAGED

SOUTH BEND. Ind. (AP) - Gl W. Dunning toppled eight feet from the roof of his house to the ground but had a ladder up and was ready to climb back to resume his house painting when police arrived. They persuaded

TIIE

WEATHER

Cloudy with widely scattered

showers in using. Little

CRISIS A'i 5

Hospital Building Fund Geis Generous Donations

B 'i ' fl 3 I I1,

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States moved into the Suez Canal crisis Friday, extending cautious support to Britain and France in their developing fight against Egypt's seizure of the vital waterway.

Presiden Eisenhower conferred with his cabinet on the bold na- tionalization of the "big ditch." He also discussed it with Under- secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr., who is running the state de- pnrtmet in the absence of Sec retary ulles. Hoover talked wi h Dulles in Lima, Peru. by tele- phone.